Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Mark Ryder | ... | Young Alistair - 1975 (as Mark Davison) | |
Diarmuid Noyes | ... | Andy - 1975 | |
Niamh Cusack | ... | Alistair's Mum - 1975 | |
Mathew McElhinney | ... | Stuart - 1975 | |
Conor MacNeill | ... | Dave - 1975 | |
Paul Garrett | ... | Alistair's Dad - 1975 | |
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Kevin O'Neill | ... | Young Joe - 1975 |
Gerard Jordan | ... | Jim - 1975 | |
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Paula McFetridge | ... | Joe's Mum - 1975 |
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Gerry Doherty | ... | Joe's Dad - 1975 |
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Luke O'Reilly | ... | Brother Dan - 1975 |
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Luke McEvoy | ... | Brother John - 1975 |
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Aoibheann Biddle | ... | Sister 1 - 1975 |
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Ruth Matthewson | ... | Sister 2 - 1975 |
Carol Moore | ... | Susan - 1975 |
In February, 1975, in Northern Ireland, seventeen year-old UVF member Alistair Little kills the catholic Jimmy Griffin in his house in Lurgan in front of his younger brother Joe Griffin. Alistair is arrested and imprisoned for twelve years while Joe is blamed by his mother for not saving his brother. Thirty-three years later, a TV promotes the meeting of Alistair and Joe in a house in River Finn, expecting the truth and the reconciliation of the murderer and the victim who actually seeks five minutes of heaven. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Its probably pertinent I mention that I'd watch Liam Neeson reading the phone book - and walk away content. Having said that this is a story that needs to be told. People delude themselves if they think the formal end of a conflict ends the collateral damage thats a product of conflict.
The two primary characters are very engaging; The emotion expressed and the reasons for it are carefully and sympathetically explained. There is a gentleness to the story amid the unforgiving violence. In no other historical or fictional portrayal have I heard so simply but properly explained why people got involved in violence in the six counties of Ireland.
I found it "cute" to hear Neeson speaking in his own accent for once.